# williamsworks

> williamsworks is a privately held social-impact consultancy founded by Whitney Williams in 2003 and headquartered in Missoula, Montana. It advises prominent individuals, foundations, corporations, artists, athletes and advocacy organizations, turning broad ambitions into strategies, partnerships, operating teams, grant programs and public campaigns. Its documented work ranges from co-building the Eastern Congo Initiative to designing lululemon's Here to Be framework and coordinating a Google Arts & Culture project that brought Puerto Rican collections online.

- **Founded:** 2003
- **Headquarters:** Missoula, United States
- **Founders:** Whitney Williams (Founder and CEO)
- **Products:** Strategy + Growth, Partnerships + Storytelling, Advocacy + Activism
- **Notable:** Co-created Eastern Congo Initiative, whose current reporting says it has supported more than 144 local partners, deployed over $12 million in direct grants and catalyzed more than $14 million in additional investment., Designed the strategic framework for lululemon's Here to Be initiative, associated by 2020 with 575-plus nonprofit and supplier partners, 500,000 people reached, 3,500 yoga teachers trained and 40,000 mats donated., Helped expand a Puerto Rican art digitization idea into a partnership spanning 10 museums and archives and more than 1,100 artworks and artifacts in Google's 2022 launch reporting.

## Products & services

- **Strategy + Growth** — Landscape analysis, program design, impact frameworks, executive counsel, work plans, staffing and implementation support for social-impact initiatives.
- **Partnerships + Storytelling** — Coalition design, partner cultivation, relationship management and public narratives that connect cultural, political and economic actors.
- **Advocacy + Activism** — Learning tours, power mapping, grassroots and public-policy strategy, campaign development, grantmaking systems and locally led institution building.

## Achievements

- Co-created Eastern Congo Initiative, whose current reporting says it has supported more than 144 local partners, deployed over $12 million in direct grants and catalyzed more than $14 million in additional investment.
- Designed the strategic framework for lululemon's Here to Be initiative, associated by 2020 with 575-plus nonprofit and supplier partners, 500,000 people reached, 3,500 yoga teachers trained and 40,000 mats donated.
- Helped expand a Puerto Rican art digitization idea into a partnership spanning 10 museums and archives and more than 1,100 artworks and artifacts in Google's 2022 launch reporting.
- Led and synthesized a global, multilingual consultation for Wikimedia's 2017 movement strategy, including more than 1,800 statements in the first discussion cycle.
- Reached its twentieth anniversary in 2023 with a client history spanning philanthropy, culture, business, advocacy and public policy.

## Latest updates

- **2026-04** — The company celebrated Managing Director Mika Rao's inclusion in Women We Admire's Top 50 Women Leaders of Houston 2026.
- **2026-01** — Whitney Williams reported that the firm had welcomed back several clients, transitioned others and was preparing for another round of work in 2026.
- **2025-06** — The company published a memorial for longtime adviser Pat Williams, the former nine-term Montana congressman and father of founder Whitney Williams.
- **2023-10** — williamsworks marked its twentieth anniversary and publicly reflected on two decades of client and community partnerships.

## Links

- Website: https://www.williamsworks.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/williamsworks
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/williamsworks
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/Williamsworks/168015596546547

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Last updated: 2026-09-21